• Our fabric printer prints to the highest standards, but printing is not exact.
• Linen and cotton are a natural fabric and may contain subtle imperfections such as slubs, small knots and yarn variation. These are characteristic of fibres derived from seeds and plants. These imperfections are inherent in buying linen and cotton fabrics.
• As the fabric is used/wears the slubbing or lumps in the yarn may move around and reveal tiny un-printed areas underneath, known as a printing dot.  Whilst our printing process is very good, we are working with a natural product, so these small imperfections cannot be prevented.
• These imperfections are more noticeable on solid areas of darker colours such as navy and graphite.  If you are ordering a fabric with a solid dark colour background, the imperfections are more noticeable on linen and cotton,  so outdoor/poly canvas may be a better choice.
• If you are unsure which fabric is best, please ask us.  Please always order a sample prior to ordering meterage.

To wash your fabrics here's what you should know....

• Cotton and linen will shrink the first time you wash it.  More on the warp (length) than the weft (width).  
• The biggest contributing factors to shrinkage are heat and friction.  So if you are going to wash your covers - COLD or warm (up to 30C - not hot water) wash and a GENTLE (low spin speed) or HAND wash (no wringing - just drip dry) then a good iron to get the creases out.  This will give you the best result.

Our cotton and linen fabrics are digitally printed.  What is digital printing and why is it better?

• Digital printing is a specialist wide format printer that transfers fabric design files on the computer directly onto fabric.  It's just like printing files from your laptop to your home printer, but on fabric instead of paper.
• Create unique fabrics in a range of colours and designs.  Traditional printing methods have larger set up costs and larger minimum print runs.  Digital printing can print just one metre of fabric at a time which means we can offer you a greater selection of colours and designs, giving you the opportunity to have a unique piece of fabric rather than only mass produced prints.
• Better colours and clearer printing. With digital printing, what you see is what you get, so if you see a design in an image, you can be sure that the colour and print would be exactly the same when the fabric has been printed.  With traditional methods such as screen printing colours will vary from batch to batch and you often get misprints from the screen.
• Digital printing is more environmentally friendly than traditional printing. Digital fabric printing involves very low power and water consumption compared to conventional printing, meaning less pollution to the environment. Our fabrics are printed with water-based inks, and as we only print what we need to, there is little or no fabric waste.